Hello interwebs! My name is Priscilla and I’m pictured below with my boyfriend Mike. This shot was taken immediately after we closed on our first home together. See how delighted we are?!
We are the proud owners of a delightful little rowhouse in the heart of DC. I’m still not sure what the difference is between a townhouse and a rowhouse. But I digress…
A little history of the house
Our house was built in 1875 in what, at the time, was a middle class African American neighborhood. The previous owner (we’ll call her Missy - not her real name) had lived in this house her entire life; she is currently in her 60’s. Her parents bought the house in the 20’s. Her grandfather even built the front porch! In short, the house had been in her family for 90 years! Missy and her family must have seen this neighborhood change a great deal in the time that she lived here. In any case, I am thrilled that we got the house and I already have told Mike that I plan on dying here! Hopefully that will be later, rather than sooner…
The house itself was in great shape when we got the keys. Missy had done a good bit of renovation - removing interior walls on the first floor to create an open-floor plan, renovating the kitchen and bathroom, installing A/C, filling in 3 fireplaces on the first floor.
But there is certainly some work we want to do here to make it our own and that is the point of this blog - to document our adventures in our Red Rowhouse!
First Snow
The picture in the banner of the site is of the first snow we experienced on February 21, 2005.
